Peter of Verona

Saint Peter of Verona (1206-6 April 1252) was a friar of the Dominican Order and an Inquisitor in Lombardy. In 1252, he was murdered by the assassin Carino of Balsamo, who later repented and became a lay brother.

Biography
Peter of Verona was born in Verona, Italy in 1206, and he evangelized Italy from Como to Rome, converting thousands to Christianity from Manichaeism. The heretics attempted to quiet him, but Peter's denunciations grew louder. The heretics hired the assassin Carino of Balsamo to kill the inquisitor, and Carino came upon Peter as he rode down the road from Como to Milan. Carino split his head open with a sword, and the dying Peter rose to his knees, dipped his fingers into his own wounds, and wrote Credo in deum patrem ("I believe in God the father"), offering himself to God. He became known as "Saint Peter Martyr" for his martyrdom.